This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
Corporal (Acting Serjeant) Henry John Wright 11044, South Wales Borderers
Died 28 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Arthur Franklin 8548, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 28 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Petty Officer Charles Lake 206229. (DEV), HM Submarine E16
Died 28 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Edward Bettles 17235, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 28 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Cecil Arthur Brandrick 18495, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 28 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Stanley 17985, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 28 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Christopher B Holmes 14831, Manchester Regiment
Died 28 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George Mackay 2707B. Unit: D Coy, 7th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Australian Division, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 28 August 1916
Died 28 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private George Thomas Enoch 2343, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 28 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Harry C Timmins 7281, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 28 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert Gibbs 4433. Unit: 28th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 28 August 1916, Pozieres, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 28 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Horace Turvey 1674, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 28 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private John Henry Stanford 132, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 28 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private John Thomas Lovett 14/820, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 28 August 1916
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Private Philip Henry Burles G/12901, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Died 28 August 1916
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Private Ralph A R Gilbertson 14506, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 28 August 1916
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Private Robert Adams Thompson 273245, Canadian Infantry
Died 28 August 1916
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Private Thomas Merrick 9238, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 28 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Sixsmith 14/807, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 28 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman J W Townend 4512. Unit: 1st/7th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). Death: 28 August 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 28 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Serjeant David John Lewis 17318, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 28 August 1916
Lives of the First World War